Cable-bonding device.



,No. 852,691.' PATENTE@ MAY 7, 1907.

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SABLE-Bodom@ Device.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7', 1907.

Application filed March 12, 19GB. Serial No. 305,564.

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Be it known that i, HARRY Amicis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of' Ailleghe'ny and State ol Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable/@Bonding Devices, ot which lthe followingl is a speci'lication. My invention `relates to a device 4lor bonding cables and has for its object the provision ola device of this character adapted to readily connect electric cables when it is desired to establish electrical communication between them, or to connect bridge or like cables when it is desired to bond them for the prevention of electrolysis.

.By the method usually adopted for the purpose of accomplishing the foregoing objects it is necessary to provide skilled laborers who wind the ends of the connecting wires about the cables to be connected and who then form a wipe joint ot' lead 'or solder about the portieri of the connecting wires at their junction with the cables.

The present invention provides simple and eliicie'nt means for bonding cables without the use of skilled labor and comprises an open bottomed casing adapted to be seated upon the cables and toreceivc molten metal, said molten metal completing the joint as ei'- lfectually as the wipe joint has heretofore.

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Further objects and advantages of the in vention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

ln the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of 1a plurality oi my 1m- `proved' cable bonding devices applied to a pluralityof cables. Big. 2 1s a perspective View of one of my improved cable bonding devices with a cable indicated in dotted lines, and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical secpion' oi the device.

Lilie numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the 'ligures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numerals 5 designate the cables which it is desired to Seated upon these cables are a plurality of open bottomed casings G, compris ing the side walls 7 and the end Walls lower faces of these end walls are curved to i ada ted to secure said receptacle upon" said `cable.

Formed integrally with each of the casings is strap Q which is adapted to encircle the The free end of this strap passes up' through the casing and upon the inner face 5 f of the side wall thereof, The casings and the straps are preferably lormed of fusible metal such as lead or Zinc. Bowcd metallic con-l necting wires connect adjacent casings, the free ends of said wires passing longitudinallyT I through the said casings.

i rlhe operation of the device is as followsz' The casings are placed upon the cables and the strapsare passed around the cables andy their ends passed u wardly upon the in- 7o' l side of said casings. T e receptacles formed by said casings are then filled with molten lead or solder, indicated by the numerals 10.

T he filling of these receptacles with the heated metal causes a partial fusing oi the casings and their retaining straps whereby the entire stru ture becomes an integral mass with the cable. The bowed connections not only permit of a limited movement of aerial cables ,withy relation to each other but they permit the separation of the casings wit relation to each other when itis desired to accommodate cables which are at varying distances a art.

From the foregoing description it wi l lbe seen that simple and efficient means are herein provided for accomplishing the 'objects of the invention but it is to bcFunderstood thatV saidinvention is not limited to the precise construction setforth but includes within its purview such changes as may be made Within 9o the scope of the appended claims:

Having described my invention what I claim is V l. In a device of the character described, the combination with a receptacle open at 9,5 'the top and at the bottom, the end ,Walls o said receptacle being cut out to lit u 0n a cable, of'a strap carried by said receptacle and cab e.

2. ln a device oi the character described, the combination with a receptacle open at the top and at the bottom, the end Walls of f said receptacle being cut out to it upon a cable,I ol a strap carried by said receptacle and io5` The ada' ted to secure said receptacle upon said cab e, both the receptacle and the strap being conform to the curvature of the periphery of j formed of fusible metal.

the cable by virtue of which the casings 6 sit 3. In a device of the character described,

closely upon the cables in such manner that j the combination with a receptacle open at 11o said cables completely close the bottoms of the casings.

the top and at' the bottom, the end walls of said receptacle being cut out to lit upon a caele, of o eine@ omrezl'by Sai l recepoole wel edl-Lpefl lo Se are ref: plole upon said .lwle, both the lmp md .xe leoeptzwle being formed of fusible nmieriul ned the strap be,- illg oglap'ed 8o exten@ up into the receptacle and lie Close to one of lle walls thereof.

il. ln cable 'bonding' device, the combination wtll a plurality OlE receptacles open' both at tlleop und at the bottom, the end walls ol' said eeeptaeles being out out to pemnil sail! 'eoepaoles lo lltsnugy on electric cables, bowed Gonueolug dem@ n, 'tlm free nels if. Wllolx longitudinally through Suhl re ceptaoles.

ln ambie bonding device, lie. combinaaround the sable euml to tion with a plurality of rec-ep moles open bol'll :11C tlmop @md at tho bottom, tho end walls; of said receptacles being out out to permit Snizl receptacles to lit snugly upon ele-,chie cables, of bowed connecting' devices, the free ends. ol which pass longitudinally through Sn'ul tooeptzmcleg, and straps muriod by salll reoepm- Cles and adapted to surround the cables und to extend up between sull cables und ono of 25 the walls of the receptacles.

lx1 testimony whereof l :Lllix my signature in presence of two Wltnessea lllll Y lC. AUA/LMS. Witnesses WM. G. UVM/u1 n, FRANK l. HMVLEY. 

